Roses

We stock a fantastic range of over 1,100 different types of rose and with over 40 years’ experience we can help you find the perfect rose for the right spot in your garden. From Floribunda (clustered roses) to Hybrid Tea (large flower single stem) through to Chinas, Damasks, Rugosas, Wichuranas and more, there are many families of rose to choose from. Each has its own characteristics from large blooms to smaller clusters or a certain type of scent. Plus with a wide variety of Bush and Shrub roses, Climbers and Ramblers, it is easy to find a rose suitable for your garden, whether you are looking for something to grow up and through an existing tree in a dry shady spot or wanting something to grow on a sunny patio in a pot.

(Floribunda) Best of the Best 2010. 'Julia Child'. Large clusters of repeat flowering, butter yellow, fully double blooms with an unusual myrrh scent. This Award winning rose is very healthy and free flowering. An ideal specimen for the garden or for growing in a pot where space is limited. If blooms are cut they last well within an arrangement. Hardy and tolerant of poorer soils. Bred by Weeks Roses.

I took delivery of the rose Absolutely fabulous, that I ordered last year. I must say it looks absolutely fabulous!! Plenty of stems, loads of very long healthy looking roots. I can't wait until the summer to see how it performs. This has to be the best quality plant material i have ever received through the post. Chris H.

(Alba) 'Jacobite Rose','White Rose of York'. Beautiful very fragrant, rather muddled double blooms, which are white with creamy tinted centers. Complemented with leaden-blue green leaves. This rose sets good autumn fruit if left unprunned. An award winning hardy cultivar. Can be grown as a small climber and is suitable for group planting in woodland. Unknown origin.

(Alba) Semi-double, sweetly scented, pure white flowers with pronounced anthers borne on an upright but graceful bush. With matt, grey-green leaves and good autumnal fruit this underrated form of 'Rosa x alba' derserves more attention, especially as an informal hedge or a lax shrub in the wilder garden or group planting in woodland. Unknown origin.

(Hybrid Tea) Shapley pointed buds, opening to large slightly ragged flowers of a a very bright luminous vermillion, displaying creamy yellow stamens to good effect. With an upright growth and rich green, healthy foliage. This rose is good for cutting and grows well in a container as well as growing through a hedge. Hardy. Healthy disease-resistant plant. Bred by Harkness.

Clusters of semi-double, rich amber flowers produced continuously against good glossy foliage. Superb disease resistance. Probably the most upright of the Flower Carpets. Suitable for poorer soils and planting in a pot. Easy maintenance, just shear back growth by 1/3rd on each plant during early Spring. One of the best range of ground cover roses for garden and landscape plantings. Bred by Noack.

(Floribunda) Best of the Best 1984. Large well-packed clusters of shapely, fully double blooms of rich amber-yellow, with a pleasing fragrance. Foliage is large, maroonish and almost glossy. This award winning rose is a useful bedding and hedging rose and blooms are good for cutting. Hardy. Bred by Harkness.

(Modern Climber) This exceptional rose was introduced by Delbard for Amnesty International. A vigorous climbing rose with medium-sized creamy lemon, citrus scented blooms with a a darker centre. The foliage is bright green and extremely healthy. Bred by Delbard.

(Modern Shrub). A sumptuous rose of many petals, soft delicate pink in colour with deeper shadings in the base. A special feature is its very strong scent. The large, globular flowers are carried on a strong neck. The growth is upright and firm with dark green foliage. Awarded Silver Medal Genoa, Italy in 1986 for its scent. Bred by Beales

(Floribunda) Shapely buds open to well-formed, semi-double flowers of rich deep yellow, fading to lemon with age, in large clusters, though occasionally singly. Knockout perfume. Foliage is mid to light green and glossy. Good for growing in pots, as a hedge and for cutting. Growth densely upright and hardy. Bred by McGredy.

(Rugosa) Beautiful, pure white, semi-double, papery blooms with a very strong scent. Foliage is dark green and holds well, to produce good autumnal colour, sets quite large hips intermittently and the plant is dense and bushy. Ideal for woodland planting and growing as a hedge. Bred by Cochet-Cochet.

(Floribunda) Unique to us in the UK. An abundance of bright yellow/orange buds, bursting into a multitude of warm coloured blooms ranging from pink to apricot and burnt orange. A small growing rose ideal in a mixed border/pot or as a low hedge.Tolerant of poorer soils and partial shade. Bred by Delbard.